TURKEY - MELLING - ISTANBUL - "The Buyuk-Dere Meadow, on the European shore of the Bosphorus, four leagues from Constantinople." 1819. Etching engraved by Pillement Fils, after Antoine Ignace MELLING (1763–1831). Proof with letter, on vellum paper. Plate from the series "Picturesque Journey through Constantinople and the Shores of the Bosphorus, based on drawings by Mr. Melling, architect to Emperor Selim III and draftsman to his sister, Sultana Hadidge." Margins. 65 x 98 cm. Condition C/D (trace of an original vertical center fold reinforced on the reverse, foxing and a few stains, tears and creases in the margins).